Update, 3:20 p.m. Friday: The Oakland Police Department today released the name of the man shot and killed by four officers on Sunday during a police response to a night of sideshows in East Oakland. Police also released the names of the officers involved in the shooting.
The department identified the deceased man as Richard Perkins, 39, whom police say brandished a pellet gun at the officers before they opened fire.
The officers who discharged their weapons were identified as Sgt. Joseph Turner, an OPD officer of seven years; officers Jonathan Cairo and Joshua Barnard, both of whom have been on the force for one year; and Officer Allahno Hughes, seven months with the OPD.
Update, 6:05 p.m. Monday: Oakland Police Chief Sean Whent said the four officers who shot and killed a 39-year-old man on Sunday were wearing body cameras but that the devices were switched off when the incident occurred.
Whent said the officers were doing paperwork related to impounding several motorcycles that had been involved in a sideshow near 90th and Bancroft avenues in East Oakland.